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In person author event with Jennifer Lang and Blair Glaser at Zibby's Bookshop, 1113 Montana Ave, Santa Monica CA, 90403!We're hosting Jennifer Lang as she discusses her book, Places We Left Behind: A Memoir-in-Miniature! Jennifer will be joined in conversation by Blair Glaser.About the book:When American-born Jennifer falls in love with French-born Philippe during the First Intifada in Israel, she understands their relationship isn't perfect. Both 23, both Jewish, they lead very different lives: she's a secular tourist, he's an observant immigrant. Despite their opposing outlooks on two fundamental issues—country and religion—they are determined to make it work. For the next 20 years, they root and uproot their growing family, each longing for a singular place to call home. In Places We Left Behind, Jennifer puts her marriage under a microscope, examining commitment and compromise, faith and family while moving between prose and poetry, playing with language and form, daring the reader to read between the lines.About the authors:Born in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jennifer Lang lives in Tel Aviv, where she runs israelwriterstudio. Her prize-winning essays appear in Baltimore Review, Under the Sun, Midway Journal, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and Read More ...

Join us as we hang out with Kiley Reid and dive deep into her captivating novel, Come and Get It—don't miss it!From the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age comes a fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a professor and three unruly students.It's 2017 at the University of Arkansas. Millie Cousins, a senior resident assistant, wants to graduate, get a job, and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a visiting professor and writer, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity, she jumps at the chance. But Millie's starry-eyed hustle becomes jeopardized by odd new friends, vengeful dorm pranks, and illicit intrigue.A fresh and intimate portrait of desire, consumption, and reckless abandon, Come and Get It is a tension-filled story about money, indiscretion, and bad behavior--and the highly anticipated new novel by acclaimed and award-winning author Kiley Reid. (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)Traci Thomas is the creator and host of The Stacks, a weekly podcast about books and the ways they shape our cultural understandings. Traci writes a monthly bookish advice column on shereads.com, is a contributor on NPR’s Here and Now, and created LAists live literary series, One for Read More ...

"Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood"Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Thursday, February 15, 2024, 8pm*Virtual event airs on February 19 at 6pm PT/9pm ETEd Zwick with Patty JenkinsHits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in HollywoodTICKETS:$47 General Admission ticket + signed copy of Ed Zwick's book$25 General Admisison ticketAdditional books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on Febryary 19, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days. Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.F ree parking at the venueA heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, About Last Night, and Glory, creator of the show thirtysomething, and executive producer of My So-Called Life, gives a dishy, behind-the-scenes look at working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood.Ed Zwick’s long career has spanned four decades of directing, producing, and writing projects that have collectively received eighteen Academy Award nominations (seven wins) and sixty-seven Emmy nominations (twenty-two wins). His filmography as director includes Glory, Legends of the Fall, Blood Read More ...

A Generative Workshop with Jose Hernandez DiazThis exciting generative poetry workshop will begin with close readings and discussions of established masters of the surreal and strange like James Tate, Marosa di Giorgio, Shivani Mehta, Will Alexander, and others--as well as engage attendees with surreal and strange prompts in an effort to write their own innovative work. The instructor will also share some of his own work responding to the prompts for guidance and inspiration. Participants should expect to draft 2-5 poems in this workshop.About the facilitatorJose Hernandez Diaz is a 2017 NEA Poetry Fellow. He is the author of The Fire Eater (Texas Review Press, 2020) Bad Mexican, Bad American (Acre Books, 2024), and The Parachutist (Sundress Publications, 2025). He teaches generative workshops for Hugo House, Lighthouse Writers Workshops, The Writer's Center, and elsewhere. Additionally, he serves as a Poetry Mentor in The Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program.Masks are encouraged while inside our center.One scholarship will be awarded to a QTPOC/BIPOC L.A.-residing individual who would like to join but does not have the means to do so. Please email us if interested at info@beyondbaroque.org.Workshop attendees are expected to participate in a respectful, constructive, and considerate manner. Beyond Baroque reserves the Read More ...

Join Glendale Library, Arts & Culture and Aida Zilelian, educator and storyteller from Queens, NY as she discusses her latest book.Join Glendale Library, Arts & Culture and Aida Zilelian, a first generation American-Armenian writer, educator and storyteller from Queens, NY as she discusses her latest book title All the Ways We Lied in conversation with author and poet Shahé Mankerian.Co-sponored by Abril BooksSet in Queens, New York, while a father deteriorates from terminal illness, three sisters contend with one another, their self-destructive pasts, and their indomitable mother as they face the loss of the one person holding their unstable family together.Kohar, the oldest sister, is happily married, yet grapples with fertility issues and, in turn, her own self-worth. Lucine, the middle child, is trapped in a loveless marriage and haunted by memories of her estranged father. Azad, the beloved youngest child, is burdened by an inescapable cycle of failed relationships.By turns heartfelt and heart-wrenching, All the Ways We Lied introduces a cast of tragically flawed but lovable characters on the brink of unraveling. With humor and compassion, this spellbinding tale explores the fraught and contradictory landscape of sisterhood, introducing four unforgettable women who have nothing in common, and are bound Read More ...

Celebrate new collections by ire’ne lara silva and Angelina SáenzBeyond Baroque is proud to present a dual book launch and reading by Chicana poets ire’ne lara silva and Angelina Sáenz in celebration of their new poetry collections! The fifth collection by 2023 Texas State Poet Laureate ire’ne silva, the eaters of flowers (Saddle Road Press), compiles poems exploring family and personal grief following the death of her brother. The second collection by Angelina Sáenz, Maestra (FlowerSong Press), navigates the current public school landscape through poems highlighting narratives of mentors, students, and working class parents of color.The poets will be joined by Chicana poet and scholar Jen Yáñez-Alaniz, whose research focuses on academic decolonization, and Inglewood-born-and-raised poet féi hernandez, author of Hood Criatura. Book signings will follow the readings.Doors Open: 6:30 PM Readings: 7:00 PMAbout the authorsire’ne lara silva is the 2023 Texas State Poet Laureate and the author of five poetry collections, furia, Blood Sugar Canto, CUICACALLI/House of Song, FirstPoems, and the eaters of flowers; two chapbooks, Enduring Azucares and Hibiscus Tacos; and a short story collection, flesh to bone, which won the Premio Aztlán. ire’ne is the recipient of a 2021 Tasajillo Writers Grant, the 2021 Texas Institute of Read More ...

"Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood"*** US Orders Only***Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:Monday, February 19, 2024, 6pm PT/9pm ETEd Zwick with Patty JenkinsHits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in HollywoodTICKETS:$45 General Admission ticket + signed copy of Ed Zwick's bookUS Orders only. We only ship to addresses in the USThe virtual version of this event airs on Febryary 19, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days. ASL interpreter provided upon request.A heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, About Last Night, and Glory, creator of the show thirtysomething, and executive producer of My So-Called Life, gives a dishy, behind-the-scenes look at working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood.Ed Zwick’s long career has spanned four decades of directing, producing, and writing projects that have collectively received eighteen Academy Award nominations (seven wins) and sixty-seven Emmy nominations (twenty-two wins). His filmography as director includes Glory, Legends of the Fall, Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Courage Under Fire, Love & Other Drugs, and Defiance; with producing credits including Steven Soderbergh's Traffic and Shakespeare in Read More ...

Come join us for an awesome Barnes n Noble Signing At The Grove event, where you can meet your favorite authors, get signed book!Barnes n Noble Signing At The Grove Join us for an exciting in-person event at The Grove in Los Angeles, CA, USA. This is your chance to meet your favorite authors, get your books signed, and have a blast with fellow book lovers. Immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere of this renowned location as you connect with like-minded individuals who share your passion for literature. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to engage with renowned authors and discover new literary gems. Mark your calendars and get ready for an unforgettable experience at Barnes n Noble Signing At The Grove!

"What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life"Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Monday, February 26, 2024, 8pm*Virtual event airs on March 2 at 3pm PT/6pm ETAn Evening with Billy Dee WilliamsWhat Have We Here?: Portraits of a LifeTICKETS:$50 General Admission ticket + signed copy of Billy Dee William's memoir$25 General Admisison ticketAdditional books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on March 2 , at 3pm PT/6PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days. Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.F ree parking at the venueBilly Dee Williams recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian’s Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe—unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed.Billy Dee Williams was born and raised in Harlem in 1937. He studied painting, first at the High School of Music and Art with fellow student Diahann Carroll, and then at the National Academy of Fine Art, before setting out to pursue acting with Herbert Berghof, Stella Adler, Read More ...

"What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life"*** US Orders Only***Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:Saturday, March 2, 2024, 3pm PT/6pm ETAn Evening with Billy Dee WilliamsWhat Have We Here?: Portraits of a LifeTICKETS:$45 General Admission ticket + signed copy of Billy Dee William's bookUS Orders only. We only ship to addresses in the USThe virtual version of this event airs on March 2, at 3pm PT/6PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days.Books ship 7-10 days after the event.ASL interpreter provided upon request.Billy Dee Williams recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian’s Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe—unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed.Billy Dee Williams was born and raised in Harlem in 1937. He studied painting, first at the High School of Music and Art with fellow student Diahann Carroll, and then at the National Academy of Fine Art, before setting out to pursue acting with Herbert Berghof, Stella Adler, and Sidney Poitier. He has starred in forty movies, seven Broadway plays, and has made more than forty television Read More ...

This event has sold out.    Burn Book: A Tech Love Story. Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event: Monday, March 4, 2024, 8pm *Virtual event airs on March 11 at 6pm PT/9pm ET Kara Swisher with Bob Iger Burn Book: A Tech Love Story   TICKETS: $50 General Admission ticket + signed copy of Kara Swisher's book $75 Two General Admisison tickets + one signed copy of the book Additional books available for purchase at event Face masks recommended The virtual version of this event airs on March 11, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days. Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the book) ASL interpreter provided upon request. F ree parking at the venue From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech industry and its founders who wanted to change the world but broke it instead. Award-winning journalist Kara Swisher is the host of the podcast On with Kara Swisher and the cohost of the Pivot podcast with Scott Galloway. She was also the cofounder and editor-at-large of Recode, host of the Recode Decode podcast, and co-executive Read More ...

From The New York Times best-selling author of "The Recovering" and "The Empathy Exams" comes the riveting story of rebuilding a life...Thursday, March 7 at 7:00PMSplinters: Another Kind of Love StoryLeslie JamisonIn conversation with Sarah MangusoCo-presented with Skylight Books“A blazing memoir . . . feels like an immediate hit and a forever classic.”―Mary Karr, New York Times bestselling author of Lit and The Liar’s ClubLeslie Jamison has become one of our most beloved contemporary voices, a scribe of the real, the true, and the complex. The New York Times best-selling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams joins us in a program exclusive to ALOUD about her new memoir, Splinters, the riveting story of rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage — an exploration of motherhood, art, and new love.Jamison will be in conversation with award-winning author and professor Sarah Manguso.

Celebrate new work by Mathieu CaillerJoin us for a reading in celebration of Mathieu Cailler’s new short story collection Forest for the Trees & Other Stories, winner of the 2023 Paris Book Festival. Poet & Memoirist Shonda Buchanan, and fiction author Laura Warrell will be reading new and selected work.In Forest for the Trees & Other Stories, Mathieu Cailler delivers a diverse collection of fifteen shorts that perfectly captures characters steeped in their own troubles. With clear and pointed prose, Cailler creates a conduit through which readers experience the characters’ sufferings, losses, revelations, their moments of connection, and their snippets of happiness. The author’s experimentation with voice and point of view makes this collection honest and accessible, allowing readers to feel true compassion by better understanding others and the imperfect world we all inhabit.“Using bright prose and a heartfelt, empathetic eye, Mathieu Cailler enters the shadows of everyday relationships to reveal the desperate love and clinging lies that his complex characters offer each other to survive. Forest for the Trees is a story collection for a time in which so many souls hunger for connection. A tremendous read.”—Sophfronia Scott, author of Wild, Beautiful, and Free and The Seeker and the Read More ...

Award-winning journalist Kara Swisher talks to Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos about her witty, scathing but fair accounting of the tech industry and its founders in the memoir BURN BOOK. Swisher has covered the business of the internet since 1994 and has developed a long track record of digging up and reporting the truth in Silicon Valley. Her memoir is a behind-the-scenes look at tech's most powerful players. The live event sold out quickly. This virtual event becomes available March 11, and then is VOD for five days after. Tickets must be purchased before morning of March 11. Virtual Admission Kara Swisher in conversation with Ted Sarandos Virtual Admission + Signed Book + Video-on-Demand $45.00 per ticket + $10.10 estimated fee

Join us at Barnes & Noble for a thrilling book signing of "The Calablacklist" on April 6th, from 11-1pm - come at anytime within that frame.This gathering is set to happen at Barnes & Noble in the Grove. I will be right in the front selling and signing my novel. Feel free to drop by at any time during 11:00am -1:00pm! Also, feel free to extend the invitation to your friends and family! The more, the merrier.

Come meet the author of the transformative book Humans 1st Students 2nd Grab a copy and have the author personally sign it

Bel Canto Books is delighted to host a Poetry Reading & Book Release Party with Jason Magabo Perez + Renaissance HS Poets at KUBO LBBel Canto Books is delighted to host a Poetry Reading & Book Release Party with San Diego Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez and Renaissance High School poets Ashley Vasquez, Jule Loven, Nahlah Sweet, and Georgia Topper.Light refreshments will be served. Kindly RSVP so we can plan accordingly. Please stay home if you feel sick.This event will be held indoors at KUBO LB (3976 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach CA).EVENT SCHEDULE3:45pm - Welcome & event start4:00pm - Event welcome, author and poets introductions4:15pm-5:00pm - Poetry readings, conversation and Q&A5:00pm - Book signing, meet-and-greet, and shopping time6:00pm - Event endsABOUT THE BOOKJason Magabo Perez's second full-length book of poetry is an extended elegy set in the alleyways and Pacific-bound boulevards of San Diego, California during the current global health crisis. Called “an antidote to despair” (Muriel Leung, Imagine Us, The Swarm) and poetry that “complicates notions of solidarity, community and justice, distilling the quotidian into something sacred” (Rachelle Cruz, God’s Will For Monsters), I ask about what falls away serves as an intimate grief manifesto against the daily violations Read More ...

Readings of poetry highlighting the mystical and transformative power of queer transdisciplinary poeticsBeyond Baroque presents an immersive gathering exploring the intersection of queer identities, the avant-garde, and mystical practices. The program will feature a mix of poetry, prose, & performance by Shelley Marlow, Brooke Palmieri, Noel Alumit and K. Bradford. After the performances, the authors will be in conversation moderated by poet and scholar, Ramón García.Doors open: 6:30 PM Readings: 7:00 PMShelley Marlow is a writer and visual artist whose work explores queer joy, and practical and ritual magic. In 2015, Marlow’s novel Two Augusts In a Row In a Row, was published by Publication Studio, Portland; with art editions by Publication Studio, Hudson, NY and Publication Studio, London(2017). Marlow received an Acker Award for avant-garde writing, (2017). Halloween in Edinburgh, from their new manuscript, The Wind Blew Through Like A Chorus Of Ghosts was published in Belladonna* Collective’s Lesbian All Stars series(2022). Recent artwork and writing appear in the Brooklyn Rail; Hyperallergic; Lambda Literary; Evergreen Review; Altered Bodies catalogue; and The St. Petersburg Review. Marlow has read and exhibited their work extensively. Marlow edited prose for Ping Pong Magazine, out of the Henry Miller Library. Marlow ran writing workshops Read More ...

In person author event with Alisyn Camerota and Michaela Pereira at Zibby's Bookshop, 1113 Montana Ave, Santa Monica 90403!We're thrilled to host Alisyn Camerota as she celebrates the launch of COMBAT LOVE. Alisyn will be joined in conversation by friend and fellow journalist Michaela Pereira!About the book:About the speakers:Alisyn Camerota is Michaela Pereira is

A masterful follow-up to Orange’s already-classic first novel, "Wandering Stars" extends Orange’s constellation of narratives into the...Monday, April 8 at 7:00PMWandering StarsTommy OrangeIn conversation with Sterlin HarjoCo-presented with Skylight Books“A searing study of the consequences of a genocide . . . Orange is gifted at elevating his characters without romanticizing them, and though the cast is smaller than in There There, the sense of history is deeper.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Tommy Orange, the Pulitzer Prize-finalist and author of the breakout bestseller There There, returns to ALOUD with one of TIME Magazine’s most anticipated books of 2024, Wandering Stars, which traces the legacies of the Colorado Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through three generations of a family. Orange’s new novel is piercing in its poetry, sorrow, and rage, and is a devastating indictment of America’s war on its own people.Orange will be in conversation with award-winning filmmaker and showrunner of Reservation Dogs Sterlin Harjo.

Rebel Wilson discussing her memoir, Rebel Rising -- April 8 in Santa Monica! Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event: Monday, April 8, 2024, 8pm New Roads School -- The Ann and Jerry Moss Theater, Herb Alpert Educational Village Herb Alpert Educational Village 3131 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404 *Virtual event airs on April 12 at 6pm PT/9pm ET Rebel Wilson with Jess Cagle discussing her memoir, Rebel Rising   TICKETS: $55 General Admission ticket + signed copy of Rebel Wilson's book $80 Two General Admisison tickets + one signed copy of the book Additional books available for purchase at event Face masks recommended The virtual version of this event airs on April 12, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days. Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the book) ASL interpreter provided upon request. F ree parking at the venue The scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes to our stage with a candid and hilarious memoir that chronicles her unconventional journey to Hollywood success. Rebel Wilson is an Australian actress, director, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. She’s known for her roles in the Read More ...

Join wellness expert Ros Ben-Moshe as she discusses her new transformative body-mind guide in conversation with Dani Klein Modisett.About the BookLaughter really can be the best medicine, and in this transformative body-mind guide, acclaimed wellness expert Ros Ben-Moshe shares the prescription.In The Laughter Effect, Ros Ben-Moshe provides a roadmap to tap into the lighter side of life with laughter therapy. Ben-Moshe shares tips and tools to achieve an intentional state of being she calls the Laughter Effect-a way to elevate mindfulness, gratitude, and self-compassion. When used regularly, it enhances resilience to stress, enabling you to respond to adversity and bounce forward with humor, levity, and grace.Drawing on research from around the world, practice and wisdom from humor and laughter therapy, and positive psychology and neuroscience, Ben-Moshe shows you how to use the energy of laughter and joy to counter stress hormones and stimulate a daily dose of positive wellbeing with "happy hormones."The techniques, strategies and practices you'll learn can transform your physical, mental, social and emotional landscape. Viewing life through a laughter lens will awaken a positive change in yourself, how you respond to the world and, in turn, how the world responds to you.ABOUT THE AUTHORRos Ben-Moshe is a Read More ...

An Evening with Don Winslow discussing his new novel, "City in Ruins"Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Thursday, April 11, 2024, 8pm*Virtual event airs on April 16 at 6pm PT/9pm ETAn Evening with Don WInslowdiscussing the writing life and his new novel, City in RuinsTICKETS:$48 General Admisison ticket + signed book$20 General Admisison ticketAdditional books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on April 16, 2024 at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days.Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.F ree parking at the venueFollowing City on Fire and City of Dreams, City in Ruins is the explosive, impossible-to-put-down conclusion to bestselling author Don Winslow’s epic, genre-defining crime trilogy. This is the book Winslow has announced will be the final one of his extraordinary career.Don Winslow, a former investigator, anti-terrorist trainer and trial consultant, is the author of twenty-five acclaimed, award-winning international bestsellers. He’s recently written a series of acclaimed short stories for Audible narrated by four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris. Among Winslow’s many novels adapted for the screen: Savages, a feature film by three-time Oscar-winning Read More ...

Author Heather McCalden celebrates the release of The Observable Universe: An Investigation with a conversation and book signing event.Join us in the bookstore on Saturday, April 13th at 3PM for the book launch of The Observable Universe: An Investigation. Author Heather McCalden will be in conversation with Cyrus Dunham with book signing with Heather to follow. PRE-ORDER A SIGNED COPY OF THE OBSERVABLE UNIVERSEIs anyone ever truly lost in the internet age? A moving, original memoir of a young woman reckoning with her parents’ absence, the virus that took them, and what it means to search for meaning in a hyperconnected world.“Brilliantly innovative . . . syncing a narrative of profoundly personal emotion with the invention and evolution of today’s cyberspace.”—William Gibson, author of Neuromancer and The PeripheralIn the early 1990s, Heather McCalden lost both her parents to AIDS. She was seven when her father died, ten when she lost her mother. Raised by her grandmother, Nivia, she grew up in Los Angeles, also known as ground zero for the virus and its destruction.Years later, she begins researching online the history of HIV as a way to deal with her loss, which leads her to the unexpected realization that the Read More ...

Join us as we welcome Chicago author and Emmy-award winner Ben Tanzer to share his latest novel, "The Missing".Join us as we welcome Chicago author and Emmy-award winner Ben Tanzer to share his latest novel, The Missing, a deeply psychological portrait of a marriage under duress that Kirkus Reviews calls "a taut, incisive look at two lives as they slowly implode."About the authorEmmy-award winner Ben Tanzer's work includes the short story collection UPSTATE, the science fiction novel Orphans and the essay collections Lost in Space and Be Cool. Ben is a winner of the Devil's Kitchen Literary Festival Nonfiction Prose Award and a Midwest Book Award. He has written for Hemispheres, Punk Planet, Men’s Health, and The Arrow, AARP’s GenX newsletter. He lives with his family in Chicago.

Self-care is a radical act.The ARC - Respite Deck, West Hollywood Aquatic and Recreation Center (ARC), 8750 El Tovar Place, West Hollywood, CA 90069Celebrate National Poetry Month and lounge with a poet at the City’s 2nd annual Poetry Spa Day!This is an in-person event that will refresh and renew your soul through creative intersections with poetry, poets, and poetic “treatments.”Join the fun and relaxation at the Respite Deck of the City of West Hollywood’s Aquatic and Recreation Center at West Hollywood Park. From 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., explore poetry at “spa stations” such as Feng Shui Poetry, Poemaroma (essential oils), Lotus Poetry (origami), and other poetic experiences. At 7:30 p.m., gather at the steps to hear all the poets share their words.Poetry Spa is a concept created by Brian Sonia-Wallace during his term as 2020-23 West Hollywood City Poet Laureate. This year’s event is curated by current West Hollywood City Poet Laureate Jen Cheng, and the spa stations and poets include:Terry Wolverton, author of eleven books, including her latest, Season of Eclipse, hosts the Poemaroma spa station.A. K. Toney is a griot, writer, musician, and educator who hosts the Listening Libations spa station where attendees get to mix poetry Read More ...

Do you like K-pop? Do you like reading? Join author Christine Ma-Kellams reading/signing for her new book The Band @Barnes & Noble TorranceJoin us for the Book Launch for The Band!Do you like K-pop? Do you like reading? Well if the answer to those questions were yes, get excited, Barnes & Noble Torrance is hosting debut author Christine Ma-Kellams to speak about her new book The Band. A book that is whip smart and darkly funny, follows a psychologist with a savior complex, who offers shelter to a recently cancelled K-Pop idol on the run.Join us Friday, April 19th at 6:00pm to have a discussion and signing with free book swag. More details & RSVP on Barnes & Noble Torrance website: https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062166408-0

We are excited to welcome Piper Huguley to the Ontario City Library! This is a free event however you will need to reserve a seat.Piper G. Huguley’s biographical historical fiction, By Her Own Design: a novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register (William Morrow Publishing) tells the inspiring story of the Black fashion designer of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress. By Her Own Design was a Booklist top 100 Editor’s Choice selection for 2022 and was named one of the top 100 books of 2022 in Canada by the Globe and Mail newspaper.Her next historical fiction book, American Daughters (April 2024), is the story of the decades-long interracial friendship between Alice Roosevelt and Portia Washington, the rebel teenage daughters of President Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington, respectively. She is a literature professor at Clark-Atlanta University and blogs about the history behind her novels at http://piperhuguley.com . She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and son.Piper's books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.Current Friends of Ontario City Library members are able to have early access to this event beginning at 6:00 pm. You can meet the author before the event begins and have Read More ...

Join author Sheila Yasmin Marikar as she discusses her new novel in conversation with Tinx.About the BookSix old friends descend on Napa Valley for a luxurious weekend of fine wine and good times…until old tensions simmer to the surface. So much can go wrong in this dark comedy by the author of The Goddess Effect.Just get yourselves here, everything else is on us.Raj and Rachel Ranjani have invited a small group of their ride or dies from college for a celebratory weekend in Napa Valley. On the agenda: three nights in the couple’s vineyard mansion, a lavish dinner at Napa’s hottest new restaurant, exclusive tastings, and the grand opening of the Ranjanis’ ultra-high-end winery. It’s a reunion of six friends who haven’t seen each other in years. What could go wrong?To start, there’s the less-than-warm welcome: a brick flung through a window and palpable tension between the hosts. But no worries―all Raj has to do is pop a few bottles of vintage Dom, and the college vibes come rushing back. So do old resentments, animosities, and unrequited crushes. Soon enough, the illusion of friendship shatters like a gossamer wineglass, and one of the friends ends up dead. Everyone has their Read More ...

Join Katharine Haake as she discusses her latest book in conversation with author Lou MathewsABOUT THE BOOKIn Katharine Haake's new eco-fable, What Happened Was, emissaries from the postworld return to us with accounts of a future that spooled itself out because we weren’t paying attention. In it, everything looks a lot like now, only a little bit different. Intimate, precarious, often beguiling, sometimes hilarious, and never free of political context, these reports are haunted by loss. Whether parts of the body or children in trees, things disappear in this world without warning or sense as everything fades toward oblivion and dead parents taunt from the grave: What made you think you were so special it wouldn’t happen to you?ABOUT THE AUTHORKatharine Haake is the author of the eco-dystopian science fiction fable, The Time of Quarantine, and the California hybrid prose lyric, That Water, Those Rocks, and three collections of stories. Her work has appeared broadly and been recognized as distinguished by Best American Fiction and Best American Essays, among others. She is a professor of creative writing at California State University, Northridge.ABOUT THE INTERLOCUTORLou Mathews is the author of the novels L.A. Breakdown, an L.A. Times Best Book, and Shaky Read More ...

Janet Sternburg in Conversation with Lorenz KienzleIn a conversation with Villa Aurora Fellow Lorenz Kienzle, Author and photographer Janet Sternburg will present her newest publication LOOKING AT MEXICO / Mexico Looks Back (2023).

This is the book fair for every adult still chasing that elementary school book fair day vibe... and we added cocktails!Remember the smell of brand new books and fresh erasers on book fair morning? What a time to be alive! As lifelong book lovers, we love a good book fair and a little nostalgia. You know we had to kick it up a notch though. Glitter pens and gin, bookmarks and bourbon, vibes and vodka, and of course our carefully curated collection of culturally diverse books. Wow, say that 3 times fast. You can expect books, cocktails, music, art, and community. The books cost money but the vibes are free! Inner children welcome, real children are gently discouraged.

Cinderella Abel Book Relaunch signing & meet and greet with LA Times Bestseller Author Kamisha WellsFREE EVENT you can purchase a autograph signed copy of my novel at the event ! Meet and Greet the Author RED CARPET photos provided by Getty images Live DJ ( Food , Drinks not free ) 360 photobooth laughter and fun.Also, feel free to extend the invitation to your friends and family! The more, the merrier.

Come, celebrate with author, Salena Sheppherd at the bottom of the barrel book signing celebration!It's time to celebrate Bottom of the Barrel book!Bottom of the Barrel: How God Rescued, Redeemed, and Revived Me is a deeply personal portrait and journey of intergenerational trauma, systematic disempowerment, emotional injury, and its effect from one generation to the next. This book provides readers a raw look at poverty, abuse, and neglect. The internal wounds of the victim are validated and the conscience of the bully is explored. The Author's story demonstrates healing is possible and the power of God to break the cycle of pain, even when you hit rock bottom.

discussing her book "An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s"Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Monday, May 6, 2024, 8pm*Virtual event airs on May 11 at 3pm PT/6pm ETAn Evening with Doris Kearns GoodwinAn Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960sTICKETS:$50 General Admission ticket + signed copy of Doris Kearns Goodwin's book$25 General Admisison ticket$125 VIP Reception with Doris Kearns Goodwin (6:30-7:30pm)+ Reserved Section Seat and Signed BookAdditional books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on May 11 at 3pm PT/6PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days. Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.F ree parking at the venueOne of America’s most beloved historians artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history. In An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, Doris Kearns Goodwin takes you along on the emotional journey she and her husband, Dick Goodwin embarked upon in the last years of his life.Doris Kearns Goodwin’s work for President Johnson launched her career as a presidential historian. Her first book was Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. Next Read More ...

Hear from a panel of poets and writers as they share their stories and discuss what it means to be Asian American during AAPI Heritage MonthWeHo Reads: Asian Diaspora Talk StoryWednesday, May 8, 2024 | 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.6:30 reception, 7 pm start, 8:30 endWest Hollywood Library Community Room, 625 N. San Vicente Blvd.Hear from a panel of poets and writers as they share their stories, connect across the diaspora, and discuss what it means to be Asian American during May Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. Musical guest Jett Kwong opens this event by celebrating the panel of Asian/Pacific American authors, including Ryka Aoki, Curtis Chin, Jasmin Iolani Hakes, Angela Peñaredondo, and Fariha Róisín, and hosted by West Hollywood City Poet Laureate Jen Cheng.WeHo Reads is a literary series presented by the City of West Hollywood. More information and events at www.weho.org/wehoreads. BookSwell, a literary events and media company dedicated to lifting up writers from historically excluded communities, is producing the WeHo Reads 2024 season. Additional support is provided by UCLA Extension Writers’ Program and Poets & Writers as well as media partnerships with Book Soup and Los Angeles Review of Books.

discussing her book "An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s"About this event*** US Orders Only***Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:Saturday, May 11, 2024, 3pm PT/6pm ETAn Evening with Doris Kearns GoodwinAn Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960sTICKETS:$45 General Admission ticket + signed copy of Ed Zwick's bookUS Orders only. We only ship to addresses in the USThe virtual version of this event airs on May 11, at 3pm PT/6PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days.One of America’s most beloved historians artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history. In An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, Doris Kearns Goodwin takes you along on the emotional journey she and her husband, Dick Goodwin embarked upon in the last years of his life.Doris Kearns Goodwin’s work for President Johnson launched her career as a presidential historian. Her first book was Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. Next was the Pulitzer Prize–winning No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Homefront in World War II. She earned the Lincoln Prize for Team of Rivals, in part the basis for Steven Spielberg’s film Lincoln, and the Carnegie Medal for Read More ...

Sociologist Neil Gong explains why mental health treatment in Los Angeles rarely succeeds, for the rich, the poor, and everyone in between.ABOUT THE BOOKIn 2022, Los Angeles became the US county with the largest population of unhoused people, drawing a stark contrast with the wealth on display in its opulent neighborhoods. In Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics, sociologist Neil Gong traces the divide between the haves and have-nots in the psychiatric treatment systems that shape the life trajectories of people living with serious mental illness. In the decades since the United States closed its mental hospitals in favor of non-institutional treatment, two drastically different forms of community psychiatric services have developed: public safety-net clinics focused on keeping patients housed and out of jail, and elite private care trying to push clients toward respectable futures.In Downtown Los Angeles, many people in psychiatric crisis only receive help after experiencing homelessness or arrests. Public providers engage in guerrilla social work to secure them housing and safety, but these programs are rarely able to deliver true rehabilitation for psychological distress and addiction. Patients are free to refuse treatment or use illegal drugs--so long as they do so away from public view.Across town in West Read More ...

Lydia Abarca Mitchell, Sheila Rohan, Marcia Lynn Sells, Karlya Shelton-Benjamin with Karen ValbyJoin us for an in-person Live Talks Los Angeles event:Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 8pmAn Evening with The Swans of HarlemLydia Abarca Mitchell, Sheila Rohan, Marcia Lynn Sells, Karlya Shelton-Benjamin and Karen Valbydiscussing Karen Valby's book,The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History$20 General Admission ticket$48 General Admission ticket + book with signed book plateBook plate signed by the four ballerinas and the author of the bookFree parking at the venueASL interpreter arrangements made upon request (48 hrs advance notice)The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now.“This is the kind of history I wish I learned as a child dreaming of the stage!” —Misty Copeland, author of Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our LegacyThe forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas, the first principals in the Dance Theatre of Harlem, who traveled the world as highly celebrated stars in their field and whose legacy was erased from history until now.At the height of the Civil Rights movement, Lydia Abarça was a Black prima Read More ...

Join acclaimed author Tracie McMillan for a conversation about her highly anticipated new book, "The White Bonus"Join acclaimed author Tracie McMillan for a conversation about her highly anticipated new book, "The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America."McMillan, whose previous book was the bestseller "The American Way of Eating," will be joined by author and columnist Erin Aubry Kaplan for a lively discussion of how race influences economic status in the U.S.Preorder book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-white-bonus-five-families-and-the-cash-value-of-racism-in-america-tracie-mcmillan/19987573?ean=9781250619426Light refreshments will be provided.

discussing her book, "The Backyard Bird Chronicles"Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Monday, May 20, 2024, 8pm*Virtual event airs on May 25 at 3pm PT/6pm ETAn Evening with Amy TanThe Backyard Bird ChroniclesTICKETS:$50 General Admission ticket + signed copy of Amy Tan's book$25 General Admisison ticket$125 VIP Reception with Amy Tan (6:30-7:30pm)+ Reserved Section Seat and Signed BookAdditional books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on May 11 at 3pm PT/6PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days. Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.F ree parking at the venueA gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan is the author of several novels, including The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s Daughter. She is a co-producer and co-screenwriter of the film version of The Joy Luck Club and is on the board of American Bird Conservancy. She lives in Sausalito, California.“The drawings and essays in this book do a lot more than just describe the Read More ...

discussing their book, "The Art of Small Talk"Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 8pm*Virtual event airs on June 4 at 6pm PT/9pm ETCasey Wilson & Jill St. Clair*discussing their book, The Art of Small Talk*interviewer to be announcedTICKETS:$20 General Admission ticket $35 General Admission + Audio Book*audiobook will be emailed on the morning of the event, May 21.Face masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on May 25, at 3pm PT/6PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days.Includes access to watch the event on video-on-demand for five days after it airs.audiobook will be emailed on the morning of the event, May 25.Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.F ree parking at the venue.Hilarious and practical advice for how to up your small talk game from comedians, actors and self-appointed experts on chit-chat, Casey Wilson and Jessica St. Clair..Join comedians, actors, and self-appointed experts on chit-chat Casey Wilson and Jessica St. Clair for the launch of their original audiobook, which breathes new life into a lost art. In The Art of Small Talk, they share simple rules for how to Read More ...

discussing her book, "The Backyard Bird Chronicles"*** US Orders Only***Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:Saturday, May 25, 2024, 3pm PT/6pm ETAn Evening with Amy TanThe Backyard Bird ChroniclesTICKETS:$45 General Admission ticket + signed copy of Ed Zwick's bookUS Orders only. We only ship to addresses in the USThe virtual version of this event airs on May 25, at 3pm PT/6PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days.A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan is the author of several novels, including The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s Daughter. She is a co-producer and co-screenwriter of the film version of The Joy Luck Club and is on the board of American Bird Conservancy. She lives in Sausalito, California.“The drawings and essays in this book do a lot more than just describe the birds. They carry a sense of discovery through observation and drawing…The birds that inhabit Amy Tan’s backyard seem a lot like the characters in her novels.” —David Allen Sibley, from the forewordIn 2016, Amy Tan grew overwhelmed by the state Read More ...

"Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism"Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 8pm*Virtual event airs on June 3 at 6pm PT/9pm ETStephen Breyer,Former Associate Justice, US Supreme CourtReading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not TextualismTICKETS:$25 General Admission ticket Signed books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on June 3, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days. Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.F ree parking at the venue.A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s supermajority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution.Stephen Breyer is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court who served there for twenty-eight years until retiring in 2022. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.“A rocket from a Supreme Court justice... Justice Breyer shows how the current Supreme Court's alleged textualism and originalism are unsound. His book is a judicial arms-control agreement advocating moderation and a path to what he calls ‘workable democracy.’ You will Read More ...

discussing his memoir, "You Never Know"Join us for an in-person and virtual* Live Talks Los Angeles event:Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 8pm*Virtual event airs on June 4 at 6pm PT/9pm ETAn Evening with Tom Selleckdiscussing his memoir, You Never KnowTICKETS:$55 General Admission ticket + book with signed book plateAdditional books available for purchase at eventFace masks recommendedThe virtual version of this event airs on June 4, at 6pm PT/9PM ET and is available on video-on-demand for five days. Tickets for the virtual event can be purchased here (includes the book)ASL interpreter provided upon request.F ree parking at the venue.Frank, funny and open-hearted, You Never Know is an intimate memoir from one of the most beloved actors of our time. With never-told stories from all corners of his personal and professional life, Tom Selleck recounts his friendships with Frank Sinatra, Carol Burnett, Sam Elliott, James Garner and more.Tom Selleck is an award-winning actor and producer best known for his iconic role as Thomas Magnum in the original Magnum P.I. television series. Among the many unforgettable roles he has played are PI Lance White on The Rockford Files, Peter Mitchell in Three Men and a Baby, Matthew Quigley in Quigley Down Under, and Read More ...